Water movement through a thick unsaturated zone underlying an intermittent stream in the western Mojave Desert, southern California, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 238, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 194-217

  Izbicki, J A ^a   Radyk, J ^b   Michel, R L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Groundwater recharge; Isotopes; Tracers; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

DESERT; OXYGEN 18; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; STREAM FLOW; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE;

RIVERS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER VAPOR;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0034610475     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00331-0     Document Type: Article

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